Freeview Light on the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 14,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Strabane (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Strabane transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 UTV (SD) (UTV), 4 Channel 4 (SD) NI ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 NI ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C35+ (586.2MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD Northern Ireland, 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
| NIMM | V -13dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 20W |
 from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, | |||||
The Strabane (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Strabane transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,050km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | ||||
| C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C40 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 10 Oct 12 and 24 Oct 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| NIMM | (-20dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area
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Saturday, 22 October 2011
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des drumm7:23 PM
will RTE1;RTE2 and TG4 be available on Freeview?
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Monday, 24 October 2011
des drumm: Not strictly on Freeview, but there will be a DVB-T2 ("Freeview HD") broadcast from a few sites in Northern Ireland of channels from the RoI after switchover, but the actual details are still being finalised.
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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Jennie10:53 PM
Hello
Want to buy my dad a freeview box for Christmas he lives in Sionmills do you know if it will pick up signal
I live in London so not got a clue, my dad is getting on a bit no sure he really understands.
Any help would be great
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
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jb387:27 AM
Jennie: I regret to say that you will have to think about something else as a gift for your Dad, as Freeview reception is presently not possible from anywhere in that area and unfortunately wont be until October 2012.
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jb387:47 AM
Jennie: Re: reply made, I have just been checking elsewhere and see some contradictory forecasts, so for a higher element of accuracy could you please provide the post code applicable for your Dads location, as what I had said was based on using the local post office in that area as a test code.
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Thursday, 5 January 2012
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Concrete10:42 AM
Castlederg
When will Strabane be able to receive freeview? I have heard a rumours that the mast won't be upgraded and other rumours that it will be upgraded in the next few months?
Can anyone confirm when the upgrade if there is to be one will commence?
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Concrete's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Concrete: On 10th October BBC Two analogue will be switched off and BBC services will start transmitting in digital (Freeview). Two weeks later on 24th October the other services will be turned on having switched off the remaining three analogue channels.
Note that Strabane will be a "Freeview Light" transmitter as it will only tranmsit the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) multiplexes (groups of channels). These are BBC TV and radio, UTV, C4, E4, More4, C5 and HD channels).
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KMJ,Derby11:14 AM
Concrete: Freeview on Mux BBCA (all the standard definition BBC channels) starts on 10th October 2012 on C45 from Strabane.....Two weeks later on 24th October 2012 Mux D3+4 starts on C42 with UTV, ITV2, C4, C5, C4+1, E4, more$ and UTV+1. Mux BBCB (HD channels) starts on C39+. All transmitters in the Ulster TV region switchover on these dates.
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KMJ,Derby11:18 AM
Dave Lindsay: Sorry, didn't realise you had answered whilst I was typing a reply!
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012
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des drumm5:57 PM
Any updates on the "freeview" RTE channels on the Strabane transmitter ?
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